$3,500 Sign on Bonus External Candidates

Improve Your Quality of Life While Helping Seniors.

This is a Per Diem work from home position, requiring a minimum of 64 hours every 4 weeks. 48 of the 64 hours will be 12-hour weekend shifts varying day and night shifts - OVER NIGHT (must be awake). Clear holiday scheduling at the beginning of the year for advanced planning.

Serving millions of Medicare and Medicaid patients, Optum is the nation's largest health and wellness business and a vibrant, growing member of the UnitedHealth Group family. We're also the career home for Nurse Practitioners who bring compassion and passion, energy and focus to their work every day.

If you want more meaning in your career - as a clinician or a business professional - take this opportunity and apply. It's the first step in a new career that will enable you to do your life's best work.(sm)

We are searching for an experienced, nationally certified Nurse Practitioner to join our team. In this home-based role, you would provide telephonic on call coverage for Nurse Practitioners who provide care for aging residents in various settings. This excellent opportunity affords an autonomous role bringing enormous satisfaction in the care and comfort of our aging population.

The CCM On Call Nurse Practitioner is responsible for providing care to members during evening, night, and weekend hours, primarily telephonically. We provide clear holiday scheduling at the beginning of the year for advanced planning. The on-call NP is responsible for the delivery of medical care services to a pre-designated group of enrollees in the Colorado, Arizona, Washington, Texas, Oregon, Utah areas.

If you are located in the US, you will have the flexibility to telecommute* as you apply your full scope of practice to address complex and interesting patient issues across the lifespan.

Primary Responsibilities:

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  Telephonic on call from home for very busy on call team. You must be awake the entire shift
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  12 hour Holiday Shifts and must be available to work 12 hours every Saturday and Sunday. Will have the eligibility to have 12 weekend shifts off a calendar year.
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  Work closely with a tight knit group peer, with support from clinical leadership
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  Opportunities to present unique clinical cases to National Leadership

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

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  Master's Degree as a Nurse Practitioner
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  Current, unrestricted NP license in the state you reside and ability to obtain in other required locations
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  Nurse Practitioner national certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP
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  Ability to obtain DEA licensure / Prescriptive Authority
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  3+ years of experience as a NP
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  Experience working in a nursing home, or with seniors in an acute care facility
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  Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatrics

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Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, or New York City Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $82,100 to $146,900. The salary range for Connecticut/Nevada/New York City residents is $90,500 to $161,600. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

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